Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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York Minster
York's cathedral church is one...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Georgian
Georgian York was no longer a city o...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Jubbergate
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- The Crossed Keys Symbol
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Teaching the Poor
- Silver Strap Ends
- Glazed Medieval Jug
- Stonegate
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Mithras and Arimanius
- York Bombed
- Lendal Tower
- Church of St Helen
- A Pipkin
- King Richard III and York
- Daniel Defoe's York